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Old wine in a new bottle: public debt sustainability - evidence from a number of EU countries under fiscal consolidation

Economics and Business Letters

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Title Old wine in a new bottle: public debt sustainability - evidence from a number of EU countries under fiscal consolidation
 
Creator Apergis, Nicholas
 
Description This paper re-investigates the issue of public debt sustainability in the case of five European Union (EU) countries either under bailout programmes or adopting fiscal consolidation measures spanning the period 1980-2014. The empirical analysis makes use of the methodology of nonlinear unit root testing and the results provide robust evidence in favour of public debt sustainability for four countries, excluding Greece. These robust finding suggest that the current austerity programme adopted by the Greek economy triggers upward debt spirals contributing to its unsustainability and, therefore, growth oriented policies should be the primary ingredient of a different programme for the country to fiscally and economically survive.
 
Publisher Oviedo University Press
 
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Date 2015-05-15
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.unioviedo.es/reunido/index.php/EBL/article/view/10702
10.17811/ebl.4.4.2015.131-136
 
Source Economics and Business Letters; Vol 4, No 4 (2015): December - Special Issue Debt and Sustainability; 131-136
Economics and Business Letters; Vol 4, No 4 (2015): December - Special Issue Debt and Sustainability; 131-136
2254-4380
10.17811/ebl.4.4.2015
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.unioviedo.es/reunido/index.php/EBL/article/view/10702/10539
http://www.unioviedo.es/reunido/index.php/EBL/article/downloadSuppFile/10702/620
 
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